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Five Elements: The American Mews

Chapter 19: Showdown

Olson sneered as his skin went from a dull brown color to dark green. "Trust me…I'm very hard to keep down!" He roared and his skin tore apart, revealing the mass of plant matter his body was made up of. "I'm so happy that you could actually push me to my full power! In return, I'll make sure you die a quick death!"

"That's cute, coming from half a guy." Mew Sonic flexed his right arm to get the kinks out of it. Firing his Chaos Barrage so many times wasn't the best thing for his arms, but since he had no choice he didn't mind that much.

Olson howled out in rage, and his entire lower body actually was pulled back into place with his upper half. There was a momentary burst of light as he completely reformed. Standing up slowly, he now stood at an incredible 25', which made it seem like he could easily crush Mew Sonic with just one hand. "I have never taken myself this far before…so please excuse me if I wind up hitting a little hard."

"Shut up." Mew Sonic turned to face the green giant. "I'm killing you so you stay out of my business from now on."

"Then let's begin!" Olson roared and snapped his ropy arm back, the fist coming in towards the boy like a missile.

Mew Sonic leapt up into the air, ready to dodge the punch instantly…and then he felt confused as Olson just seemed to disappear into thin air. ("What?")

Olson appeared right behind him and easily snatched him out of thin air, squeezing his body so tightly that some of his bones actually grinded together. "You've met my expectations." Then he squeezed even harder, all of Mew Sonic's body parts seeming to compress together. "And now you can die knowing that you pushed the stronger man to his limits."

"Wha…" A loud grunt came from Mew Sonic as he felt the tips of his ribs actually touch.

"I've calculated all of it…your full power is about at C+ level, and the power of your friends..." He glanced over at the group standing about thirty feet away from him. "And if all of them were to reach their ultimate power, they'd become C levels." A deep chuckle came from his thick chest. "But you must be thinking that a single C+ and a trio of C level beings could defeat me right?"

Mew Sonic was in too much pain to respond.

"Wrong." Olson's thumb lifted up and placed itself on top of Mew Sonic's head, twisting his neck and head back and forth slowly. "At my maximum level of power I am at B- class. Just in case you don't understand at all what that means, it means you cannot win. The difference in power between the actual letters is enormous. A B- could defeat five C+ levels without any problem at all."

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Mew Terra stood with her eyes wide, sweat-drops sliding down her cheeks. "No…he's been playing games this whole time. No matter how hard we could have tried…we never would have been able to defeat him."

Mew Pyro clenched his fists together and snarled angrily. "How dare he look down on us! I refuse to allow this to happen! Come on Mew Terra, Mew Aero…let's go kick his…"

"Don't get us all killed faster than need be." Walt frowned and took a drag from the cigarette hanging out of his mouth. "Trust me…I can tell you from my own eyes…none of you can win this battle. Run…run away as fast as you can and maybe you'll get away from him."

Mew Terra just stood there in silence, her eyes wide at what she saw Walt doing. ("What was it he always said…'I rarely smoke…only when I think it's good to die with a cigarette between your lips. You know, make sure you look cool as a corpse and all.") "Walt…you can't plan…"

"I want all of you to run away and get to Excelsior or Ellen…they can help you all." The teenager stepped right past the three of them. "This will be the last time I see you all in this lifetime. This is where I die."

"You can't be serious…" Mew Aero grabbed him by his right shoulder. "Stop acting like we can't do any…"

"You can't do any good. I looked at the data about Olson's full power…and then I compared it to the data about all of you." A deep sigh escaped his lips and he flicked the cigarette the grass, stomping on it to put it out. "He's right…it would take exactly six versions of Roger at his current level of power to finish this guy off. In other words…run away and get stronger…"

"This is the biggest load of crap I've ever heard in my life!" Mew Pyro spun Walt around and lifted him up by his shirt. "Why are you so quick to throw both your life and the life of your brother away?"

"Shut up." Walt's ice cold eyes met the burning ones of his brother's rival. "I…I know the truth that you won't accept. Willpower was factored into it…he understands everything all of you can do. The jerk actually figured out a formula to calculate how much stronger you would all be with willpower added…he's like a walking supercomputer…" For Walt to admit someone was smarter than he was definitely was not a normal thing. "It's pointless…"

"So we should run?" Mew Aero closed her eyes, trying not to cry. "While you and Roger die? What kind of friends would we be?"

"You'd be friends, instead of stupid fools I will have lost respect for if you stay here just to die." Walt held back his own anger, remaining that same sub-zero emotionless form. "I will not let you kill yourself if it won't even serve a single purpose!"

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From within the confines of Olson's lab, four of the plant sisters watched in awe as they got to see their boss' true power at work.

"I knew it! I knew that silly boy couldn't beat the boss!" Ivy hopped up and down, giggling in joy. "Do you think after the boss slaughters them all we can go get something to eat?"

"That sounds fine to me." Petunia glanced over at Jasmine. "How about you?"

"I wouldn't mind it. Though I'm sure poor Lotus is lamenting not getting a chance to have her revenge on that tiger-eared one." The blond-haired sister placed a hand on the dark-haired sister's shoulder and smiled. "Don't get down about it…the boss said we might not be able to handle their full strength."

Lotus nodded weakly. "I know. It's just that he was such a worthy opponent…" Then she glanced back at Magnolia, who stood near the back of the room. "What's the matter, eldest sister?"

"Nothing…nothing at all…" Magnolia spoke quietly, and wiped her eyes with a nearby handkerchief.

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Olson squeezed just a little tighter. "It's the end, but don't worry…your friends will join you soon." When there was no burst of energy from his target, he knew it was the end. "Your theory about how the more injured you get the more your power increases was well-founded…but you didn't factor in limits. Even your power has its limits, and you pushed yourself past those limits. Also, by using your wounds to draw it out, you were burning far too much of your power just keeping your body together."

"You…" Mew Sonic's eyes slowly closed and he tried to build up his energy for one last killing attack. No matter what happened, he'd take this bastard with him to hell…

Except Olson pushed down with his thumb, feeling the boy's neck quickly giving way. "Not this time…it ends here! Farewell, Mew Sonic!"

"No." A calm voice rang out across the plains. "You'll put him down gently and very slowly walk away, Heinrich." It was young and female…

The giant froze up and his eyes widened. "It cannot be…you died…didn't you?"

"Died? That's such a strong word, little Heinrich…" The voice grew teasing, and the sound of footsteps on the grass could be heard. "Or should I call you big Heinrich…jeez, your obsession with plants was always rather disturbing…though even I'm surprised that you turned yourself into one. Amazingly stupid…"

"What was that, you stupid old hag!" The giant turned around and looked down at the human who stood right at his feet. "How did you…"

The woman couldn't have been any older than twenty or so, and the way she dressed spoke of it. She wore a bright pink shirt that exposed her rather athletic midriff, and a pair of shorts of the same color. Her raven black hair and her ice-blue eyes shimmered in the semi-night. "What, are you surprised?"

"You're…you're…" Olson's eyes twitched a little bit. "And you call me weird! You used your research on yourself to make yourself young again! What kind of…" His voice went silent and then he threw Mew Sonic as hard as he could to off into the far distance. "I'll kill you first!"

The woman tapped her forehead a couple of times, Mew Sonic's unconscious body over her shoulder. "There's no need to childishly throw your toys around."

Olson's eyes narrowed slowly. He had seen her movements when she had intercepted the boy's flight path and saved him from what would have most likely been a killing impact against the nearby mountain…but what scared him was he wasn't able to respond. She was faster than he was. ("But speed will only let her dodge…if I hit her with my full strength, then I should be able to break her measly body into dust.") Roaring out, he charged right at her and swung his fist, though he was aiming for Mew Sonic. ("She means to protect him, so I'll force her to either drop him and leave him to death, or to take the blow for him. Either way, I'll get one of them out of the way!") "Take this, you old witch!"

The woman's eyes turned blood red. "What did you call me, you little fly?" Suddenly she was moving, so fast that no one except Olson registered it had been done. There was a loud thud noise, followed by an explosion of noise as she punched his incoming fist with her own. When the explosion ended, there were little tiny particles of plant matter raining down over the field.

Olson stared at the stump where his right arm had been, both in excruciating pain and in complete and utter surprise. ("For such a small body…that kind of strength can only come from pure energy within the body…")

"Unlike you, I actually know the limit I can train my body and my genetics to…and that puts me as your superior." The woman brushed back a few locks of her hair and posed. "That's why I'm the cute teacher and you're the stupid overconfident student who left far too early."

"Silence!" Olson roared and his stump exploded outwards as he regrew his arm. "I have achieved B- level…that makes me your superior, stupid old hag!"

A large vein bulged out of the woman's head. "What did I just do when you called me an old hag before?" She seemed to flicker out of sight and then she appeared right in front of his face. Reaching out, she casually flicked his forehead with her index finger, barely flinching when his head exploded like an overripe tomato.

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All of the Mews and Walt all stood in complete and utter awe at the sight of this.

"Such power in such a woman…" Mew Pyro and Walt said at once….

Mew Aero had her right eye twitching rapidly in anger. ("How does she know Roger? And…and…") She cracked her knuckles. "She's not that good…but just in case I'll test her right after…"

"If you do that, you'll be killed…I promise you." Mew Terra sighed and crossed her arms across her chest. "No, this fight will be over very shortly. She's too powerful to be matched by anyone or anything…"

"How do you know her?" Walt glanced over at his friend…and felt a tingle run up his spine. "Wait a minute…"

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All of the plant sisters all stared in horror at the screen. Who was this mysterious woman…and how did she possibly defeat their boss so easily?

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The woman landed on the ground and brushed herself off. "Are you done already? I thought you'd be tougher than that, my thick-headed apprentice. This can't be the best of a B- level, can it?"

A roar exploded from the giant's torso and the body snapped up an open palm to point right at her. "Eat this, old hag! Solar Explosion!" Then night became day as fire and heat filled the whole field. It was like someone had moved the sun right into the middle of the fight.

As the light faded, Olson's laughter could be heard. He had already regrown his head. "One of my body's best defense mechanisms…it absorbs the sunlight over time and then I can release it like a bomb or laser, depending on my preference. Good-bye, old crone."

"Enough with the old crap!" A single form shot out of the smoke and began a rapid fall towards the giant's body.

"You're still alive after that? Then eat it again! Solar Explosion!" Olson snapped up his hand and a blast of pure heat shot out of his palm, racing towards the woman.

"Eat it? Try and make me!" She smiled as the edge of the beam got within a few inches of her face, and then she disappeared.

"Where'd she…" Olson gasped in pain as he felt a fist hit the side of his head and indent his skull roughly. Then a honeycomb of indents appeared in his legs and torso. ("She can't be this fast…this would be the speed only a…B….level…")

She appeared right in front of his face, her open palm aimed right at him. "You want to see who has the biggest blast? Flash Bomb!" There was an explosion of light and Olson's whole upper body disintegrated into nothingness. Landing on the ground, she turned and smiled at the Mews. "Sorry about the lightshow, I'm sure you all just want me to end this. But I'm just having way too much fun."

Olson's body twitched a couple of times and started to regrow itself.

The woman rolled her eyes and turned to face the standing titan. "You're as persistent as ever, I'll give you that. But in the end, you're still just a fool that never really grew up. Your ideals will end here, as will your life, Heinrich."

"Shut up!" Olson slammed his palms towards her, both of them exploding with energy as he unloaded a double Solar Explosion her way. When the smoke cleared, she was standing unharmed on his shoulder. "What are you? You can't be the same old woman…"

"I'm not." She punched his head and it cracked as the plant matter was twisted horribly. "In fact, I'm not even close to the same old woman you might have remembered. Now…" She put her hand against his now dangling forehead. "I'm actually fighting you with my all!" There was a flash of light as his entire body vaporized into nothingness. Without making a noise, she landed on the ground and walked over towards Mew Sonic's fallen form. "Hey brat, are you awake?" When he didn't respond, she kicked him right in the ribs and watched him grunt in pain. "If you die then I'll drag you back out of the underworld, because we still have things to do."

Walt slowly approached her, his entire body trembling. "Excuse me…ma'am…who are you?"

"My name is Erika Mishimiya." The woman patted him on the shoulder. "And you're a cute one, aren't you?"

"I think I liked Olson better," The boy dead-panned in reply.

Rolling her eyes, the woman smiled widely. "Now then…let's get down to business."

To be continued…

And so the mysterious woman named Erika Mishimiya has appeared, and with seemingly impossible ease she has completely and utterly destroyed Heinrich Olson…but the most important question is what is this business she is talking about, and why was she here in the first place?